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Stericycle Incorporated (
SRCL) pushed the Materials & Construction industry higher today making it today's featured materials & construction winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, Stericycle Incorporated rose 96 cents (1%) to $93.41 on average volume. Throughout the day, 494,137 shares of Stericycle Incorporated exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 418,800 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $91.78-$93.63 after having opened the day at $92.38 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $92.45. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that increased today were:
Apogee (
APOG), up 10.5%,
Pure Cycle Corporation (
PCYO), up 6.2%,
Sterling Construction Company (
STRL), up 5.4%, and
Energy Solutions (
ES), up 3.9%.

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Stericycle, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides regulated waste management and related services. Stericycle Incorporated has a market cap of $7.92 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 30.5, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 18.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate Stericycle Incorporated a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Stericycle Incorporated as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, expanding profit margins and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company is trading at a premium valuation based on our review of its current price compared to such things as earnings and book value.